Prion Protein Polymorphisms Modulating Brain Degeneration

Publications

Raleigh, E.A., Murray, N.E., Revel, H., Blumenthal, R.M., et al. (1988) McrA and McrB restriction phenotypes of some E. coli strains and implications for gene cloning. Nucleic Acids Res. 16:1563-1575.  

Hsiao, K., Baker, H.F., Crow, T.J., Poulter, M., Owen, F., et al. (1989) Linkage of a prion protein missense variant to Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome. Nature. 338(6213):342-345.  

Westaway, D., Carlson, G.A., and Prusiner, S.B. (1989) Unraveling prion diseases through molecular genetics. Trends Neurosci. 12:221-227.  

[Book Chapter] Carlson, G.A., Westaway, D., Goodman, P.A., Kingsbury, D T., and Prusiner, S.B. Genetic control of scrapie incubation period in mice. In: Unconventional Virus Diseases of the Central Nervous System, Court, L.A., Dormont, D., Brown, P., Kingsbury, D.T., eds. L'Imprimerie Lefrancq et Cie, Cand., France, 1989, pp. 436-445.

[Book Chapter] Gabizon, R., McKinley, M.P., Groth, D., Westaway, D., et al. Immunoaffinity purification and neutralization of scrapie prions. In: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, K. Iqbal, H. Wisniewski, and B. Winblad, eds. Alan R. Liss, New York, 1989, pp. 583-600.

Scott, M., Foster, D., Mirenda, C., Serban, D., et al. (1989) Transgenic mice expressing hamster prion protein produce species-specific scrapie infectivity and amyloid plaques. Cell. 59:847-857.  

Carlson, G.A., Westaway, D., DeArmond, S.J., Peterson-Torchia, M., and Prusiner, S.B. (1989) Primary structure of prion protein may modify scrapie isolate properties. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 86:7475-7479.  

Carlson, G.A., Goodman, P.A., Lovett, M., Taylor, B.A., et al. (1988) Genetics and polymorphism of the mouse prion gene complex: the control of scrapie incubation time. Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:5528-5540.